To the editors: I am always amused by the ads run in your third section for the New York apartment building, a structure once described by the Reader as “ugly, self-important, overdense, and too expensive” [December 23]. Clearly the funniest in the series is the ad touting the New York’s neighborhood [August 11], especially when […]
Tag: Vol. 18 No. 47
Issue of Sep. 7 – 13, 1989
Posted inNews & Politics
The City File
The deluxe model applies a spark to the gas tank. From Hammacher Schlemmer’s new catalog (Fall 1989): “EXECUTIVE’S PRIVATE PARKING SPACE GUARD.É Using ultrasonic waves, it detects cars entering your space and immediately sounds an adjustable 120 dB alarm which alternates with a synthesized voice message that says ‘Warning! Reserved parking. Please move your car […]